This moth supplements its diet with bird tears
It probably gets its fix of salt from those tears.
Caterpillar vs. Beetle: Who wins?
Watch this caterpillar fling its beetle attacker through the air.
Inside the secret world of bamboo-breeding frogs
These frogs breed hidden in bamboos and they are – wait for it – cannibals
Monkeys eat—and then floss
Nicobar long-tailed macaques use an array of tools, including bird feathers to floss their teeth
Mites squatting on spider webs steal food
A newly-discovered species of mite sets up home on a spider’s web and nibbles away at any insects the spider catches
Monkey mom eats mummified baby
First-time mother grooms her dead baby for weeks before gnawing on its dry flesh.
Fungus creates zombie bugs with a short afterlife
The infected bugs seek out flowers, stick their heads in and bite for their life. Then, hours after dying, their wings spring into action.
This tree leans more than the Leaning Tower of Pisa
There’s a lesser-known leaning tower to which not many tourists flock for a photo.
Tadpoles piggyback on strangers to avoid getting eaten — by siblings
When frog fathers go missing, their young are in grave danger. To escape the deadly jaws of their own siblings, these young turn to strangers.
Female dragonflies drop dead to avoid males
It’s their way of rejecting unrequited love.
Slow slimy slugs slaughter songbirds
When they accidentally run into bird nests sitting on the ground, some slugs help themselves to a free, easy meal of bird chicks.
For these bees, being the firstborn girl is a curse
By giving a brood’s firstborn female smaller portions and a low-protein diet, a mother bee can turn the offspring into a nursemaid for her younger siblings.
